Professor Has Camera Surgically Implanted In the Back of His Head 119
There won't be any cheating in professor Wafaa Bilal's class anymore. The New York University photography professor is having a camera surgically implanted in the back of his head. The camera will take a still picture every minute for one year, and the best shots will be put on display at a new museum in Qatar. Visitors can also watch a live stream of images from the camera which has some NYU administrators and faculty worried about student privacy. "Obviously you don't want students to be under the burden of constant surveillance; it's not a good teaching environment," said Fred Ritchin, associate chairman of the department.
Re:Why the back? (Score:3, Informative)
Obviously he's not a parent. We already have eyes in the back of our heads...
Re:Why the back? (Score:1, Informative)
Probably because he pees from the front.
Re:Not implanted (Score:5, Informative)
Well, the real reason this matters is that similar technology could be used to attach a laser beam to the head of a shark.
after readig TFA... (Score:3, Informative)
I guess that's what you get from someone who is a professor of photography, and likely is constantly ridiculed and bullied by the "real art" professors.
There's so much fail surrounding this idea that it's not even worthy of commenting on what all is wrong with it.
Re:Why the back? (Score:3, Informative)
I had the same thing with my sister (who does not have children). My son was in another room and I yelled over for him to put back the thing he'd just gotten out of the closet. My sister ran over and looked into the room and was amazed that, yeah, he had done exactly what I said.
It's not magic. It's just being extra alert and knowing your kid's personality, mood, likely interests, etc., and being able to make short-term projections about what they are doing. And frankly it is damned exhausting.